Compresses the specified Unicode character data into the following possible values using a proprietary Teradata algorithm:
- Partial byte values (for example, 4-bit digits or 5-bit alphabetic letters)
- One byte values (for example, other Latin characters)
- Two byte values (for example, other Unicode characters)
ANSI Compliance
This statement is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.